“Life is better being a mom.”
Do What You Have To Do
Hey mama, are you struggling to get through your day? Are you just not having it with the tantrums, refusals of naps, potty training mishaps, or fighting between children? Well, you are not alone, and I'm here to tell you to do what you gotta do!
Letting Your Kids Go Is Tough
Our kids are growing up faster than we'd like to admit. Newborns are quickly become walking and talking toddlers. Toddlers are quickly becoming bike riding, sentence completing elementary schoolers. Elementary kids are quickly becoming hormonal and fearless teenagers. Teenagers are quickly becoming grown adults, leaving the nest and heading off for life on their own. I'm sure it'll all be a blur one day as our kids leave the nest, but for now (those of us with fairly young children), we need to cherish only having to let go a little.
Parenting is Tough Sometimes
This morning I was awaken in the most abrupt kind of way. As I walk out of my room at 5am, hoping to get some quite time before the kids woke up, I was greeted by one of my daughters who had wet her bed a bit. She then let me know that she wasn't done and had to go more. I told her to go finish and she decided that "go" meant right then and there on the carpet. Another reason for us parents to loathe carpet. I thought to myself, okay, so today hasn't started off the greatest or cleanliest, but this can turn around. A couple of my girls came down and cuddled me. Okay, this is great! I'd be alright if there was more of this today!
Raising Kids Really Does Take A Village
I would like to sit here and tell you that me and my husband have got this whole parenting thing figured out. I would love to tell you that my children need us and only us. I'd love to even say that when they need help with something, they automatically want to come to us, and whenever they have a question, we are their first choice of people to ask. However, I'd be lying if I said that. My daughters and all kids everywhere need other adults to come alongside of us parents as we raise our children. Okay, so me and my husband are extremely lucky!
The good lies
Growing up we were all taught that lying was wrong....okay, so maybe it actually is, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't stop us parents from doing it anyways.